Lesson 3: The SHVA Vowel - Vocal vs Silent SHVA | Crash Course in Hebrew Reading & Pronunciation

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How do we know when a SHVA vowel is vocal or silent? In this 3rd lesson, you will learn some great rules and tips to understand the way the SHVA vowel works (It is important that you watch the first two lessons first!)
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SKIP AHEAD LINKS:
0:00 Introduction
0:52 SHVA at START
1:38 The Hebrew Syllable
2:12 SHVA at START (Cont.)
2:55 SHVA at END
3:58 TWO SHVAs in the MIDDLE
5:49 TWO SHVAs in the END
7:17 SINGLE SHVA in the MIDDLE
7:43 "Big" vs "Small" Vowels
9:51 Exceptions to the Rules (Dagesh)
12:11 Closing Notes, Like, Subscribe & Share

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@jacksontlemo2462
@jacksontlemo2462 18 күн бұрын
shalom I am very grateful for these lessons
@ing-mariekoppel1637
@ing-mariekoppel1637 4 күн бұрын
Very concise information
@spencer6828
@spencer6828 3 күн бұрын
super helpful!
@anapaula9299
@anapaula9299 2 ай бұрын
Thank you
@pasaryu1982
@pasaryu1982 25 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 18 күн бұрын
Thank you so much and God bless you 🙏😇
@michaelg1060
@michaelg1060 Ай бұрын
Toda Raba--- I am teaching my Granddaughter her alef-bet until she gets to cheder. Though I have kept up on my Hebrew reading, I found I had gotten sloppy on the finer points of Shva. This helped me immensely and it all came back to me. I would not wish to transmit error to my Granddaughter when instructing her on the Lashon Hakodesh. I subscribed, so that I can go over your lessons with her. Shalom Aleichem!!
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW Ай бұрын
That’s awesome 👏 Thank you for sharing and for subscribing 🙏
@michaelg1060
@michaelg1060 Ай бұрын
@@TheWORDinHEBREW B'vakasha.
@Lordjesuschristfeb
@Lordjesuschristfeb 7 ай бұрын
God Lord Jesus Christ is really blessed sister ji Amen Hallelujah glory to God Lord Jesus Christ always Amen Hallelujah
@_SYDNA_
@_SYDNA_ 21 күн бұрын
Thank you for introducing the shva and pronounciation structures early on. I can imagine how that could have been a difficult choice in designing your program. The rules seem complicated at first but the shva is such a helpful little friend when it comes to understanding sounds, and syllables. I had started learning the letters and writing a few words from various sources but moving to the pronunciation quickly seems like the right thing to do. 'Seeing' the syllable breakouts is important too and I appreciate you helping us get to that right away. Where people might start learning a language only by speaking at first, digging into the written form seems like the best way to get started. At least for Hebrew. Even after watching Lesson 3 only once, I started to "hear" the words I see a little better. It rapidly got better from there! Thank you for sharing what you know with us. Your pronunciation description of two dots is more nuanced and doesn't jump to calling it "ay". Probably because you are a native speaker so I value that. And I think Im finally beginning to teally understand the yodh. I appreciate you having the courage to put this together in the way you knew it needed to be. Thank you! P.S. I bought one of the Yeh-shu-ah tee-shirts. Looking forward to it's arrival!
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 18 күн бұрын
Thank you so much 🙏 I’m so glad I can help 🙏
@chandusantosh8830
@chandusantosh8830 7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much madam... Your teaching is Invaluable😊
@Jtve
@Jtve 4 ай бұрын
May HaShem bless ya. You have solved my problems
@dailyoneenglish2176
@dailyoneenglish2176 Ай бұрын
#2:23 #2:24 #2:25 #3:35 #3:36 #3:37
@dosgatosnegros
@dosgatosnegros 11 ай бұрын
I've been interested in learning Hebrew for decades. I'm now 63. I think this will be a driving force to my learning. And yes your voice is very pleasant and easy on the ears ❤
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 11 ай бұрын
That's great! And thank you 😇
@melinteemil7434
@melinteemil7434 Жыл бұрын
Multumesc pentru tot ce faci
@kenwuest
@kenwuest Жыл бұрын
The voice is welcoming and enhances learning. This is in contrast with other teachers of Hebrew where the voice may not be as welcoming.
@majbrittpauladottir1519
@majbrittpauladottir1519 7 ай бұрын
Fantastic‼️ Thank you so much 😊
@bholayadav6994
@bholayadav6994 3 ай бұрын
Very very nice teacher and teaching ❤
@santiagocruz2754
@santiagocruz2754 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for clearing up these rules
@loveadonai8060
@loveadonai8060 3 ай бұрын
Tnx so much indeed. The lesson about shva vowel is basic for beginners like me
@user-vi9li8tf4i
@user-vi9li8tf4i 9 ай бұрын
Thankyou 🙏. Greetings from Australia
@maryhernandez3117
@maryhernandez3117 10 ай бұрын
So helpful! Corrects so much what I have been taught or others do not really know. I appreciate your lessons. Thank you! Toda!
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 10 ай бұрын
That’s great to know! Thank you for watching 🙏
@johngeevarghese1354
@johngeevarghese1354 3 ай бұрын
May God bless you! As the deer pants for water so is my finding you teacher. You are an oasis .
@Loriag888
@Loriag888 10 ай бұрын
Bless You!!! I LOVE these Lessons!
@rinaamaya7382
@rinaamaya7382 Жыл бұрын
Shalom todah rabah
@debbyantoine
@debbyantoine 4 ай бұрын
Thanks , reasons why I'm asking ,in my English and Hebrew tanakh. Gods name in Hebrew sometimes has one shva above the letter oh long vowel ,sometimes 2 , other times none . I have 2 translation s ,they both are the same .
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 4 ай бұрын
That’s not a shva, it’s a cantillation mark 😉
@debbyantoine
@debbyantoine 4 ай бұрын
Ah I see 😊
@chinady1827
@chinady1827 5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@tonymoore566
@tonymoore566 Жыл бұрын
You are awesome!!
@betty8226
@betty8226 8 ай бұрын
I am thankful ❤
@Simon483
@Simon483 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Ayelet :-)
@rageofaquariusofficial
@rageofaquariusofficial 11 ай бұрын
Beautiful
@josemiguel20delcarme
@josemiguel20delcarme 10 ай бұрын
תודה רבה, muchas gracias
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 10 ай бұрын
בבקשה 🙏
@wendyque4474
@wendyque4474 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! You made it do much clearer and easy
@rickyt3961
@rickyt3961 Жыл бұрын
thank you and Happy Purim!🎭
@321ssteeeeeve
@321ssteeeeeve Жыл бұрын
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@melinteemil7434
@melinteemil7434 Жыл бұрын
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@janusun2887
@janusun2887 Жыл бұрын
Love you teacher....m your students
@MoGi49
@MoGi49 11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 11 ай бұрын
Thank you & God bless!
@harisn6593
@harisn6593 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, this lesson helps me a lot in understanding how to devide syllables in hebrew word... 🙏
@melinteemil7434
@melinteemil7434 Жыл бұрын
Multumim pentru aceste cursuri care avem sansa sa invatam limba ebraica
@erichaggen1842
@erichaggen1842 5 ай бұрын
I lovey
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@TruthCeeker333 Жыл бұрын
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@othnieltv Жыл бұрын
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@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654
@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for explaining Shva. It can be really confusing. I see I’ve been pronouncing “lomdeem” wrong. Also, other ones. Thanks for the rules. I will have to watch the video again and again to really get it.
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 11 ай бұрын
Glad I can help :-) Thank you for watching!
@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654
@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654 11 ай бұрын
This really helped understand a problem I’ve been having in learning my Torah portion. I am doing Parshat Noah. My portion includes Genesis 10. I’m having a problem with verse 19. This is a genealogy. All of the names listed are proceeded by “VE”. Except for one-peceeded by “VA.” I spoke to the rabbi today. He started off by saying its some tricky grammar. To which I said “is this about the SHVA?” And he said that it was. Apparently a SHVA can’t go before a silent letter like an Iyan. He said it probably wasn’t this way at the beginning, but it morphed over time. So thank you. Strange rules but now I understand the situation thanks to you, I had a introduction to this tricky vowel
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 11 ай бұрын
Glad I can help, although I’m not sure which specific Hebrew word or name in Gen. 10:19 you had trouble with? Not seeing what you are describing in that verse. 😳
@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654
@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654 11 ай бұрын
@@TheWORDinHEBREW VaEmoree. All the other names are. Ve
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 11 ай бұрын
There is no shva in that word. There is an "AH" vowel under the ֲע (Khataf-Patakh).
@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654
@judysbakeryandtestkitchen1654 11 ай бұрын
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Thank you for your reply. I’m going to have to check that again. Confusing.
@VictorFianko
@VictorFianko 2 ай бұрын
Could you please throw light on what you meant by a "small vowel".
@Manny-hu5rz
@Manny-hu5rz 9 ай бұрын
In Biblical Hebrew cholam chaser and cholam male are Big Vowels, references “ Learning Biblical Hebrew “ by Karl V. Kutz. Page 15. Thanks
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 9 ай бұрын
That is technically correct, BUT in the very rare case that a shva will appear after a Kholam Khaser, that shva will most likely be a silent shva, because the letter with the kholam will most likely have a dagesh in it. So, this is why I call it “BIG vs SMALL” and not “Long vs Short”, and why I separated the too kholams. I hope that helps. 😉 Btw, if you can find a word with that scenario of a shva following a kholam khaser, and you think that shva is vocal, please send it to me and I will be happy to re-consider the way I teach it 😉
@Manny-hu5rz
@Manny-hu5rz 9 ай бұрын
@@TheWORDinHEBREW thanks for answering, that shows you are serious about teaching Hebrew, and I was surprised because I never expected an answer, and I would agree with you as you said very rare case, the reason I made the comment was because the book that I mentioned it had many good reviews from very serious scholars, and when I read yours I said to myself what is it that always find different scholars saying or teaching different ways how to pronounce words and I know Biblical Hebrew is different than modern Hebrew and in my personal case I want to make sure I pronounce correctly when praying. As an example when I’ve been in different synagogue some of them they said the word “הודו” wrong depending where the accent is and if they read with aleph or ayim. I didn’t mean this to be long, and I thank you for your time.
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 9 ай бұрын
@@Manny-hu5rzYou’re very welcome. Yes, accents and punctuation will vary depending if it Ashkenazi or Sephardic for example. My goal is to simplify it so people can learn quicker and with less to worry about, so they can read and pronounce the Biblical Hebrew text as close as possible to the way any native Hebrew speaker would read it. I’m sure that Moses and Yeshua had different accents, but they would have understood each other just fine . And neither of them had any vowels to help them, lol 😏
@lalhmachhuana-fj4rr
@lalhmachhuana-fj4rr 11 ай бұрын
🎉Cood
@sixtwoinak
@sixtwoinak 11 ай бұрын
👍💪🙏
@jasonmenegio116
@jasonmenegio116 9 ай бұрын
Boker Tov! Can you help me understand why the shva is sometimes pronounced with an eh, like in ‘bet’ but other times like an a, as in ‘they?’ Thank you for all the work you do; very helpful!
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 9 ай бұрын
Hmmm, both cases you mentioned sound the same to me 😳 The bottom line is, when the shva is vocal, it is pronounced as an “eh”. When it is silent, it is not pronounced at all.
@VictorFianko
@VictorFianko 2 ай бұрын
Rabbi, could you please throw light on what you meant by " small vowels" . Thank you.
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 2 ай бұрын
Shalom, you should watch the video again and pay attention to the table dividing between the “small” and “big” vowels (other might call them “short” and “long” respectively.
@uiticus
@uiticus Жыл бұрын
On timeline 12:11 where you showed 2 tables of small and big vowels, the vowel Tsere appears on both tables. So is the vowel Tsere a small or big vowel?
@uiticus
@uiticus Жыл бұрын
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Oh yes, you are right. My fault. Sorry about that.
@NikhylBurnett
@NikhylBurnett Ай бұрын
In lomehdeem, why isnt the pronounciation for yod made?
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW Ай бұрын
When a Yod comes after a kheerik (the little dot under a letter for the vowel “ee”), it becomes a part of that vowel and therefor is not pronounced on its own. See my video on the vowels here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htykYKljtsDcY3k.htmlsi=db8UUBxlNZkLpHzf
@melinteemil7434
@melinteemil7434 Жыл бұрын
Vreau sa fac aceste cursuri de limba ebraica
@suchisthismystery2814
@suchisthismystery2814 19 күн бұрын
Shalom and thank you for your wonderful videos. I have a question if I may. I am soon to be taking my father's, my grandfather's, and my great grandfather's patronymic name "Samuel". Having said that, I want to take the Hebrew spelling. It would appear that "Shmuel" is the most commonly used hebrew spelling of Samuel. However, someone posted on the Internet that the name "Shmuel" has a vocal sheva and therefore the correct spelling is "Shemuel". Whereby someone else then corrected this by saying that there is no segol in a sh'va sound and so the most correct spelling would be "Shimuel". Which of these three spellings is the most correct would you say - Shmuel, Shemuel, or Shimuel? I do not speak a word of Hebrew sadly (other than "shalom" that is) and so please excuse my ignorance. Many thanks from London UK and the very loveliest of blessings wherever you are, today, each day, forever and always 🙏
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 18 күн бұрын
Shalom and thank you for watching my videos. The correct pronunciation of your name is: sheh/moo/EH-L (Shemuel) שְׁמוּאֵל The first vowel is a shva (not segol). And as per Hebrew rules, a shva in the beginning of a word is ALWAYS vocal, so it adds the “eh” sound. “Shmuel” is used by modern Hebrew speakers (the “lazy” way of saying it) “Shimuel” is an Ashkenazi orthodox Yiddish pronunciation (most incorrect!) But the correct biblical way is Shemuel. I hope this helps & God bless 🙏
@suchisthismystery2814
@suchisthismystery2814 18 күн бұрын
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Shalom 🙏 Thank you so much for replying; I really do appreciate it. That is extremely kind and most helpful and so thank you from the innermost depths of my being. "Shemuel" it is 😊 One final question if I may. My surname is Benjamin. Am I right in thinking that "Binyamin" is the correct biblical hebrew spelling? I only ask as I sometimes see it written as "Benyamin" also. Yours in appreciation and with utmost respect, -Shemuel 🙏💛 (Shemuel "Binyamin?") Or as Shemuel is my patronymic name, I suppose I could simply go by the name "Ben-Shemuel"? 😂 Thank you once again 🌷🌼🥀🌸🌻🌺
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 18 күн бұрын
You are very welcome. Yes, the correct pronunciation is Binyamin.
@suchisthismystery2814
@suchisthismystery2814 18 күн бұрын
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Thank you 😊 I so appreciate your kind help. May God's grace and blessings be with you always 🙏
@Loco_Epic
@Loco_Epic 9 ай бұрын
Can letters at the end of a word also be silent?(other then the silent letters like alef and the rest ) So no base sound and if so how do u find out? Letters with base sound?
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 9 ай бұрын
Nope. The only time a letter at the end of a word is silent, is when it is א, ע or ה AND it has no vowel. If א is at the end, it will never have a vowel, but ה or ע could receive a patach at the end and will then make the sound “ah” for ע or “ha” for ה with a patach. I hope that helps 😉
@Loco_Epic
@Loco_Epic 9 ай бұрын
Thx
@ronietabada5191
@ronietabada5191 10 ай бұрын
Shalom. I'd like to ask, I've read in Isaiah 24:16 the word מִכְּנַ֨ף mik keh naph. In one Bible page the word is transliterated as mik'naph (silent shva). As you said if there's a dagesh in a letter it should be voiced shva and not silent shva. Are they both correct mikenaph and miknaph My last question why the word kanaph in the said verse came mikenaph and not mikanaph? I hope you can help me to learn more about this shva vowel sound.
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 10 ай бұрын
Shalom, Yes, it will read “mee/keh/NA-F” because of the dagesh on the כ. The reason it becomes “mee/keh/NA-f”, is because the מ before the כ, is actually a Prefix (“from”) and not a part of the word itself, so in that case, the kha-f must receive a dagesh and therefore, the vowel kamatz must change to a vocal shva. Just some of the rules that are beyond those I can cover in my course (there are MANY complicated rules like that 😳) And yes, MOST of the time, if a shva is under or after a letter with a dagesh, it is a vocal shva, regardless of the vowel before it, but not always 😳 I hope that helps & God bless!
@destructo3915
@destructo3915 10 ай бұрын
The shewa on the kaf is doubled. This means there are essentially two shewas. The first is silent, the second is vocal. You would read it like מכְּכְּנף mik-ke-naf as you transliterated it the first time.
@debbyantoine
@debbyantoine 4 ай бұрын
What if shva is above a letter in Hebrew? Meaning 2 dots
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 4 ай бұрын
This can never happen. A shva can only be below a letter.
@debbyantoine
@debbyantoine 4 ай бұрын
​@@TheWORDinHEBREWi have 2 translation s they both are the same . It's the v vowel , with 2 sometimes 1 shva sometimes none . Just the v vowel
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 4 ай бұрын
Not sure what you mean, but unless it's under the letter, it's not a shva, but a cantillation mark or something else.
@uiticus
@uiticus Жыл бұрын
Is the shuruk vowel of the letter Vav considered to be a dagesh? Can all Hebrew letters accept a dagesh?
@uiticus
@uiticus Жыл бұрын
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Yes! Thank you much.
@enchanted_cow
@enchanted_cow 9 ай бұрын
Hi! Could you please explain to me why in the word סודר for example ס is pronounced with a silent shva, even though it's at the beginning of the word?
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 9 ай бұрын
Shalom! Could you send it with the vowels please or verse reference?
@enchanted_cow
@enchanted_cow 9 ай бұрын
@@TheWORDinHEBREWyeah, sure: סְווֶדֶר (I'm realizing now that I spelled it wrong in the first comment, sorry)
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 9 ай бұрын
No worries, Technically, it IS a vocal shva, but in MODERN Hebrew, a lot of times, we don’t emphasize the pronunciation of a shva in the beginning of a word, especially when speaking fluently (and fast 😉) However, if pronounced correctly, it would be seh/VEH/deh-r
@enchanted_cow
@enchanted_cow 9 ай бұрын
@@TheWORDinHEBREW ah, I see, thanks! Do instances like this, where the shva should be pronounced but often people don't, happen usually only at the beginning of words?
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 9 ай бұрын
​@@enchanted_cow In fluent, modern Hebrew, yes, or it becomes more subtle. :-)
@melinteemil7434
@melinteemil7434 Жыл бұрын
Vreau sa iau lectie de ebraica
@r6gaming127
@r6gaming127 3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@TheWORDinHEBREW
@TheWORDinHEBREW 3 ай бұрын
Thank you again 😇 God bless you 🙏
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